You Wanted To Know Even More… So here you go…

And we’ll answer a few more questions…

Cathy (who I was on the phone with last night for almost four hours) asks:

You said you read from Genesis to Judges, which was your favorite story and why?

Cathy, dear…that was a year ago.  How am I supposed to remember the stories from a YEAR ago?  Although I started over a few days ago, so I’m thinking.  And I’ve got nothing.  But here’s what stands out in my mind when you ask me the stories that are my favorite.  Moses.  More specifically when Moses tells God that he’s not a good speaker and that he should send someone else to talk.  I even blogged about that one.  Because when I reread it just a few nights ago, I thought the same things again.  I keep thinking that I’m not good at all this Bible talk, even a year later, but I can do it.  I know that I can, because numerous times this week I’ve offered the support, based on Biblical principals, and I shocked myself with what came out of my mouth.  I do also like the story about Rahab and I think it’s really because she’s  a prostitute and she does something good.  But I’m kinda partial to Joshua.  He’s tied in with me as well in my life, and has given me what I call my mouse verse.

However, I’ve started over with reading the Bible and I actually read in two on a somewhat daily basis.  I have a 90 day Bible reading plan that I’m slightly behind on, but I also picked up a $5 jobbie at the Jesus store (what the boy’s youngest calls Lifeway) the other day called the Everyday with Jesus Bible.  I have a One Year Bible.  I think I made it a week or so in that one, but the passages seemed so long.  But I like this one.  It’s a quick read and there’s a short devo at the end, and a prayer, and then if I’m feeling like digging in, there’s a “for further study” section that I can dive into if I want to or have some extra time on my hands.

I have to be honest.  I’m contemplating skipping Numbers this year.  I struggled through it last year and the thought of reading it AGAIN this year makes me not want to even read at all, but I guess when I get to that point, I’ll see what the Boss says.  Maybe I’ll be reading it again.  I am hopeful to get through the whole Bible.  I WANT to do it, but I guess I just haven’t wanted it bad enough.  We’ll see.  90 days.  Check with me then.

Cathy has another one…

Since you started blogging (when was it again?) whats the biggest thing you’ve gained? And maybe, “Why do you keep doing it?”

I started blogging February 4, 2007 here at Desperately Seeking Sanity.  Coincidentally, it’s also the first day that I started attending church where I currently attend.  So, we’re coming up on 2 years and I’m almost positive that I’ll hit 900 posts (or come darn near close) by February 4, 2009.  (That’s also the day that I’m supposed to have $1,000 in my emergency fund or so says Dave Ramsey.  We’ll see how all that goes.)

However, I’ve been blogging in some way, shape or form, since January 20, 2005.  So… almost five years.  My very first blog is still active, although I’ve since forgotten the log in and if you’re so inclined to read about the progress I had in setting up my very first internet business, you can do so at Heather’s VA Business Start Up.  I was so good with the name, wasn’t I?  I can remember setting up the first blog.  I stumbled across the term while researching and thought, what the heck.. I’ll give it a whirl, if for nothing else, to keep track of the progress I’ve made and the sites that I found.  I’ve not looked at the blog in a LONG time, I forget about it alot, but looking back through it to determine when I started blogging, I read a few posts.  Comical it is!

It’s almost like looking at a photo album with pictures of my children when they were younger.  There’s a lot of change, a lot of growth, between now and then.  For example, I actually said this:

I have two children, Matthew (8) and Samara (5). Here’s a recent picture of them… ok, never mind…I can’t figure out how to post them. When I have more time and energy I will do so.

And if you REALLY want a good laugh, check out the post I made on July 1, 2005 about moving my blog from Blogger to WordPress.

But I guess what I’ve learned is the ins and outs of blogging from the platforms and the coding to the relationship building side of things.  However, I have to admit that I didn’t know the first thing about using my blog to build a relationship until I entered the world of Life bloggers (or mommy bloggers).  I wrote and sometimes I would get comments but most of the time not and it’s because I wasn’t out there building relationships.  That’s what I’ve gained.  The relationships.  The ability to pick up the phone and talk for almost four hours and not feel like it’s the first time we’ve talked on the phone.  I’ve gained friends.  Friends that I’ve never met but hope to, friends that I’ve met and can’t wait to get together again with, friends that have become my best friends, etc.  I think I’ve gained the ability to see that I don’t have to limit my friends to the geographical situation that I’m in and I can learn so much more from others from around the country.

As for why I keep doing it?  Well, I’m not really business blogging anymore.  The blog I moved and had trouble with came down about a month ago and while I still have a few lingering out there, I’ve sold most of them last year.  But I still blog here and I’ll continue to blog here until there’s no one out there that wants to listen to me…and even then, as long as I have something to say, I’ll blog.  This is an outlet that I never thought I would have.  I’m able to speak freely and work on my writing and it is cheaper than therapy.

Erin asks…

I want to know about the boy…we all want to know about the boy…but I have a feeling you’re not going there. So……………

Are you crafty?

Not as in cunning, as in arts & crafts.

How come everyone wants to know about the boy?  You should read some of the comments.  His sister has shared little tidbits about him in the comments here and there which are very funny.  I love nothing more than to sit down at dinner and bring up something that he’s done with out letting on that I know it was him that did it.  And then he’ll stop, and kinda chuckle, and say, “You’ll have to ask Sis…” and I’ll say, “Oh, she’s already told me about it.  Why do you think I brought it up?”

The best was the story of him eating Christmas lights.

The look on his face when I told him that Sis told the internet about his craving for light bulbs was priceless.  (Have I mentioned that I LOVE his sister? I do.  I can see her as a partner in crime.)

Anywho, there are some reasons that I don’t talk about the boy or his kids, or show pictures an the like, but in time, I will start to share more.  He tells me I can say what I want, and while I don’t get his approval on EVERYTHING anymore, I am cautious about what I share.  It’s kinda funny.  I’ve never held anything back and I’ll start to write stuff and then I’ll delete it because, well, I just do.

Promise.  There will be more on the boy soon, but I have to ask, what is it that you want to know about him specifically? I share the little things about him and why I think he’s a keeper… what else do you want to know?  Ask me and I promise you, I’ll get you the answers… it just won’t be on here.  I’ll put together a little FAQ or something and email it out to those who wanted to know stuff.

Heh.  Now he’ll get a big head because people want to know about him and I’ll have created an FAQ about him.  The things I do to make him feel important.  Just don’t tell him that this was all YOUR idea and not mine…

Now about being crafty…define crafty.

If crafty means that I can walk into AC Moore or Michael’s, drool all over the latest papers, gadgets, yarn and wooden items with visions of me looking like Martha Stewart and creating a masterpiece for my home, purchasing the items to complete the project, bringing the items home and placing them in my CRAFT room, and never touching them again counts as crafty, then yes.

I am most definitely crafty.

I have a ROOM, a CRAFT room, of unfinished projects.  I love the idea of being crafty but it rarely holds my attention for any longer than a page in a scrap book.  I even rearranged the house to have a craft room, a room to house the thousands of dollars of scrapbooking supplies that I have, thinking that I would work on it more and I didn’t.  I scrapped for about 6 months tops, sunk more money than I should’ve into it and I have one, that’s ONE complete album.  I have several started and the one that I finished (in 2007) was of our trip to Disney World in 2003.  I have loads of empty scrapbooks that I picked up because I felt sure that I would one day complete it.  Like the cheerleading one for Samara and the Football one for Matthew.  I even have a wedding scrapbook in anticipation of one day getting married.  I bought that two years ago, along with others.  It was a serious habit.

I even went so far as to think if I picked up a new gadget or paper that I would want to get into it again, but I’ve not done it.  The supplies are used for school projects now.  (Samara had an awesome science fair display last year using Easter paper and brads and cutout letters.)

I need to get rid of it all, but I am fearful that at some point in time that I’ll want to start doing it again, but I know, the Boss is telling me that I need to sell it, make some money off of it and get more space in my house.

So, anyone know the best way to sell paper and stickers and the like?

Besides, I have to get rid of the scrapping stuff…

I just bought two counted cross stitch stockings to make between now and Christmas of next year.

Someone shoot me.

Until next time…